Shape-retaining device for felt hats.



G. H. HAUSINGER.

SHAPE RETAINING DEVICE FOR FELT HATS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1918.

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SHAPE-RETAINING DEVICE non FELT HATS.

' Specification of Letters Patent. P t nt A 191 I Application filed January 12, 1918. Serial No. 211,606..-

To all whom it may concern: I 4 1 .Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HAUS1NGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in' Shape-Retaining Devices for Felt Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shaperetainlng device for felt hats, and one object is to provide a device which may be made in a plurality of patterns and which can be applied to any soft felt hat for the purpose of retaining the latter in its original shape, or restoring the shape of the hat in the event that the latter has lost its original form.

A further object is to provide means adapted to be inserted in hats of different styles, such means including a strip of fine gauze wire or of pressed oil board, with indications thereon showing the width to be re tained when the device is to be used in con nection with a hat having a crown of a given height, and means carried by the edge of the strip for projecting into the crown and serving to maintain the hat in correct shape.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elementshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7 are views of different forms of the blank employed for the purpose herein indicated.

Figs. 2, 4, 6 and 8 are perspective .views showing the styles of hats for which the respective blanks or retaining devices are intended.

I have illustrated several forms or patterns adapted for use in connection with hats of different styles, and in Fig. 1, I have shown a form of shape retaining device designated as a whole by the number 10 and adapted for use in connection with a hat of the style shown in Fig. 2. A strip of suitable material such as fine wire gauze or pressed oil board is employed, this strip being of the required length and of suitable Width for a felt hat having a somewhat high crown. The band or strip 12 is provided with a series of lines extending longitudinally and designated 14, these lines being equally spaced," and numbers indicating the height of the crown, being applied as indicated.

All blanks for a given style of hatmay therefore be made ofone size, and a suitable width of the blank may be trimmed off along the lower edge, corresponding with the height of the crown of-the particular hat to wlhiplh a given retaining device is to be app 1e Extending from one edge of the strip is a'series of members designated 15, 16, 17, and 18 for engagement with various portions of the crown of the hat shown in Fig. 2. These members last named are equally spaced in the form here described and have similar outlines.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, adapted for use in connection with a hat of the style shown in Fig. 4 the members 20 carried by the band or strip 12 compriseend members 21 and 22, the edges of which'are curved as shown at 23 and 24, these members 21 and 22 being separated by a cutaway portion 25.

Members 20 are separated by a larger cutaway portion 26 as shown.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, adapted for use in connection with a hat of the style illustrated in Fig. 6, the members 30, '31, 32 and 33 are equally spaced as in the form shown in Fig. 1 and have similar outlines, being separated by cut-away portion 35. The members 30, 31, 32, 33 are of less extent than those shown in Fig. 1, in order to meet the requirements of the hat with which this pattern is to be used.

In the form shown in Fig. 7, designed for use in connection with the hat illustrated in Fig. 8, the members 40 and 41 are separated by cut-away portions 42 and 43 and by a projecting member 44, one edge of which is curved as shown at 45 and the end portions of which are curved at 46 corresponding with the curvature of portion 47 of member 40.

In each case the band 12 is provided with a series of longitudinally extending lines 14 marked in inches and fractions of inches, for the purpose before mentioned.

Each pattern can be so altered in dimensions that it will conform to the particular hat of the general type for which it is designed and the material will be of a color corresponding with the color of the hat.

By the use of the device the hat will be retained in its correct shape indefinitely and a hat which has lost its shape, when reinforced as indicated, will present a much better appearance, the approximate original shape being restored.

What is claimed is: V

g 1. In a shape retaining device for a soft hat, a strip of material provided with longitudinal lines spaced to correspond with the measurements of different crowns, one edge of the strip being provided with cutaway portions and with intervening projecting members, certain of the cutaway portions being of greater extent than others and adapted to be positioned opposite corresponding depressed portions ofthe crown.

2. In a shape retaining device for a soft 'ra 1ain"as\ea ii" 'ein a i i o ltl i g v tbi dthei str f material having cutaway portions'along one edge and adapted to be placed lnside of the crown. and to engage the attached edge of the sweat hand, those portions of the strip between the cutaway portions supporting ad j'aee'nt portions of the crown.

3. In a shape retaining device for a soft hat, a strip of material having cutaway portions along one edge and adapted to be placed inside of the crown, those portions of GEORGE H. HAU'SINGER.

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